Hello all - thank you again for traveling to Chicago for this amazing event! It was wonderful to see everyone…
Kevin Leonard, the archivist, said if someone were to request a look at anything before they are done archiving it, they would check with us (the family), and with approval, make it available to view in the reading room. They will copy and mail documents to a small extent, but generally the expectation is that people would go to the university for their research. There will eventually be a complete index of documents online. I left with the impression that he was going to make this a priority, but it will still take some months to complete. We’ll keep you posted on the progress as we hear about it.
Allie, Sarah and I went with him to deliver the boxes to the main archive facility, which is very impressive! I have a number of photos to share from the weekend, and I’m working on the best way to accomplish this.
Huzzah!
*barb
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On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 7:05 PM, apmce@benchpress.com wrote:
David Goldstein (2014.08.05.1010)
From ALICE MCELHONE (2014.0805 08:25 EDT)]HI David and others with the same question. if you were referring to the
Northwestern University Archive, The archivist will take some time to
process all the data he has now
before anyone can gain access to the
archive. When the collection has gone through Dr. Leonard’s process
completely, the collection may be available for qualified scholars to use
for research purposes. It is not open to the public. Access is controlled
by the Archive Department. NU is a member of the world-wide archive
library network, and we were told that the word gets out fast when a new
collection is announced.
I’m not sure if the collection
will have certain parts made visible through NU’s own internal web…I
know right now you can see just an index of Don Campbell’s and J. Allen
Hynek’s collections on the NU archive web. They’re very interesting.
Especially when Bill’s name comes up!
Some of Bill’s books have
been donated to the University Archive non-circulating library to be made
available to NU patrons to use in the reading room only, and not to be
carried outside the building, to protect the copyrights for Bill’s
heirs.
How does one gain access to the archives? When more
information is available I’m sure it will be posted on CSG,
We’re all really excited to have gotten to this point, and very grateful
to Kent Mcclelland for taking the initiative to make it happen. And
grateful too, to the wonderful presenters at the Archive reception. Dr.
Leonard was really impressed! In fact he told us several times
how great it was to receive a collection like this complete with a
built-in base of scholars who are deeply engaged in the work.So congratulations to you guys, too.
Best,
Alice
(from David to Dag)
Dag, do
you plan to place the videos of CSG meetings in the archive? Same
question for pct resources.David
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